general information

composition date
1965
duration
22 min
editor
Faber Music, San Antonio, Texas
Dedicatee
'For Dieter: the past and the future'
Libretto (details, author)

Textes extraits des Songs of Experience, Auguries of Innocence et Proverbs of Hell de Peter Pears

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Baritone and piano)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo baritone

piano

information about the creation

date
June 24, 1965

Aldeburgh Festival

interpreters

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau et Benjamin Britten.

Part titles

  • Proverb I London
  • Proverb II The Chimney-Sweeper
  • Proverb III A Poison Tree
  • Proverb IV The Tyger
  • Proverb V The Fly
  • Proverb VI Ah! Sun-flower!
  • Proverb VII Every Night and everty Morn

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